Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Hammoth Dor and Kartan, together with their pasturelands—three towns. New Living Translation From the tribe of Naphtali they received the following towns with their pasturelands: Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Hammoth-dor, and Kartan—three towns. English Standard Version and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands—three cities. Berean Standard Bible And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Hammoth-dor, and Kartan—three cities, together with their pasturelands. King James Bible And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities. New King James Version and from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Hammoth Dor with its common-land, and Kartan with its common-land: three cities. New American Standard Bible And from the tribe of Naphtali, they gave Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasture lands, Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands; three cities. NASB 1995 From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands and Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands and Kartan with its pasture lands; three cities. NASB 1977 And from the tribe of Naphtali, they gave Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands and Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands and Kartan with its pasture lands; three cities. Legacy Standard Bible From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands and Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands and Kartan with its pasture lands; three cities. Amplified Bible From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands and Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands and Kartan with its pasture lands; three cities. Christian Standard Bible From the tribe of Naphtali they gave: Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands—three cities. Holman Christian Standard Bible From the tribe of Naphtali they gave: Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands—three cities. American Standard Version And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammoth-dor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities. English Revised Version And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities. GOD'S WORD® Translation Also three cities with pasturelands were given to them from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for murderers), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan. Good News Translation From the territory of Naphtali they received three cities: Kedesh in Galilee, with its pasture lands (one of the cities of refuge), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, with their pasture lands. International Standard Version From the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands were allocated as a city of refuge for the unintentional killer, Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands, for a total of three cities. Majority Standard Bible And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Hammoth-dor, and Kartan?three cities, together with their pasturelands. NET Bible from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, along with the grazing areas of each--a total of three cities. New Heart English Bible Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammothdor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities. Webster's Bible Translation And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities. World English Bible Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Hammothdor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands: three cities. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge [for] the manslayer, Kedesh in Galilee and its outskirts, and Hammoth-Dor and its outskirts, and Kartan and its outskirts—three cities; Young's Literal Translation And out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge for the man-slayer, Kedesh in Galilee and its suburbs, and Hammoth-Dor and its suburbs, and Kartan and its suburbs -- three cities; Smith's Literal Translation And from the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge of the slayer, Kadesh in Galilee and her area; Hamath-Dor and her area, and Kartan and her area: three cities. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleOf the tribe also of Nephtali, Cedes in Galilee, one of the cities of refuge: and Hammoth Dor, and Carthan, with their suburbs, three cities. Catholic Public Domain Version likewise, from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee, one of the cities of refuge, and Hammoth-Dor, and Kartan, with their suburbs, three cities. New American Bible From the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge for homicides at Kedesh in Galilee, with its pasture lands; also Hammath with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands: three cities. New Revised Standard Version Out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the slayer, Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands—three towns. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd out of the tribe of Naphtali, Rakim in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the slayer, Hammoth-dor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities with their suburbs. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And from the tribe of Naphtali, the city of the place of salvation of manslayers: Raqem which is in Galilee and its fields, and Khamathdur and its villages, and Qarthan and its fields three towns and their fields OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with the open land about it, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammoth-dor with the open land about it, and Kartan with the open land about it; three cities. Brenton Septuagint Translation And of the tribe of Nephthali, the city set apart for the slayer, Cades in Galilee, and its suburbs; and Nemmath, and its suburbs; and Themmon and its suburbs; three cities. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Forty-Eight Cities for the Levites…31Helkath, and Rehob—four cities, together with their pasturelands. 32And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Hammoth-dor, and Kartan— three cities, together with their pasturelands. 33In all, thirteen cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the Gershonite clans.… Cross References 1 Chronicles 6:76 And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim, together with their pasturelands. Joshua 20:7 So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah. Numbers 35:6 Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities. Numbers 35:13-15 The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge. / Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge. / These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there. Deuteronomy 4:41-43 Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east / to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities: / Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites. Joshua 19:32-39 The sixth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Naphtali: / Their border started at Heleph and the great tree of Zaanannim, passing Adami-nekeb and Jabneel as far as Lakkum and ending at the Jordan. / Then the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and ran from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun on the south side, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan on the east. ... Joshua 19:35 The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth, 1 Chronicles 6:62 The Gershomites, according to their clans, were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan. Numbers 35:2-8 “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities. / The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock. / The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side. ... Deuteronomy 19:1-3 When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land He is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their cities and houses, / then you are to set apart for yourselves three cities within the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess. / You are to build roads for yourselves and divide into three regions the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that any manslayer can flee to these cities. Hebrews 6:18 Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged. Acts 7:45 And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David, Hebrews 4:8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. Acts 13:19 And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance. Matthew 5:17 Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them. Treasury of Scripture And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities. Kedesh Joshua 19:37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Enhazor, Joshua 20:7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. 1 Chronicles 6:76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs. Joshua 19:35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, Hammath 1 Chronicles 6:76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs. Jump to Previous Accused Cities City Dor Kedesh Lands Manslayer Man-Slayer Murder Naphtali Naph'tali Open Pasture Pasturelands Refuge Slayer Suburbs Taker Three Together TribeJump to Next Accused Cities City Dor Kedesh Lands Manslayer Man-Slayer Murder Naphtali Naph'tali Open Pasture Pasturelands Refuge Slayer Suburbs Taker Three Together TribeJoshua 21 1. Forty-eight cities given by lot, out of the other tribes unto the Levites.43. God gives the land, and rest unto the Israelites, according to his promise And from the tribe of Naphtali The tribe of Naphtali was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from Naphtali, the sixth son of Jacob and the second son of Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant. This tribe settled in the northern part of Canaan, an area known for its fertile land and strategic location. The allocation of cities to the Levites from Naphtali's territory reflects the tribe's role in supporting the religious and spiritual life of Israel. they were given Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for the manslayer) Hammoth-dor and Kartan three cities, together with their pasturelands Persons / Places / Events 1. Tribe of NaphtaliOne of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from Naphtali, the son of Jacob and Bilhah. This tribe was allocated land in the northern part of Canaan. 2. Kedesh in Galilee A city designated as a city of refuge, where individuals who committed manslaughter could seek asylum. It was located in the region of Galilee, which later became significant in the New Testament as the area where Jesus conducted much of His ministry. 3. City of Refuge A city where someone who had accidentally killed another could flee to avoid revenge from the victim's family. This system was established by God to ensure justice and mercy. 4. Hammoth-dor Another city given to the Levites, located in the territory of Naphtali. Its exact historical significance is less documented, but it was part of the Levitical cities. 5. Kartan A city in the territory of Naphtali, also given to the Levites. Like Hammoth-dor, it was part of the provision for the Levites. Teaching Points God's Provision for Justice and MercyThe cities of refuge demonstrate God's balance of justice and mercy, providing a way for the innocent to be protected while ensuring that justice is served. This reflects God's character and His desire for His people to live justly. The Role of the Levites The allocation of cities to the Levites, including those of refuge, underscores the importance of spiritual leadership and the provision for those who serve God. It reminds us of the need to support and uphold those in ministry. Spiritual Refuge in Christ Just as the cities of refuge provided safety for the manslayer, Christ offers spiritual refuge for sinners. Believers can find safety and forgiveness in Him, highlighting the gospel's message of grace. Community Responsibility The establishment of these cities required the cooperation and support of the entire community, illustrating the importance of communal responsibility and care for one another.Verse 32. - Galilee (see above, Joshua 20:7). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And from the tribeוּמִמַּטֵּ֨ה (ū·mim·maṭ·ṭêh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4294: A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe of Naphtali [they received] נַפְתָּלִ֜י (nap̄·tā·lî) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 5321: Naphtali -- a son of Jacob, also his descendants and the district settled by them Kedesh קֶ֨דֶשׁ (qe·ḏeš) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 6943: Kedesh -- 'sanctuary', the name of several places in Israel in Galilee בַּגָּלִ֤יל (bag·gā·lîl) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1551: Galilee -- a cylinder, rod, circuit, district, also a district in Palestine (a city עִ֣יר ׀ (‘îr) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 5892: Excitement of refuge מִקְלַ֣ט (miq·laṭ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4733: Refuge, asylum for the manslayer), הָֽרֹצֵ֗חַ (hā·rō·ṣê·aḥ) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7523: To dash in pieces, kill, to murder Hammoth-dor, דֹּאר֙ (dōr) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 2576: Hammoth-dor -- a Levitical city in Naphtali and Kartan— קַרְתָּ֖ן (qar·tān) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 7178: Kartan -- a city in Naphtali three שָׁלֹֽשׁ׃ (šā·lōš) Number - feminine singular Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice cities, עָרִ֖ים (‘ā·rîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 5892: Excitement along with וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-) Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case their pasturelands. מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ (miḡ·rā·še·hā) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 4054: A suburb, the area around a, building, the margin of the sea Links Joshua 21:32 NIVJoshua 21:32 NLT Joshua 21:32 ESV Joshua 21:32 NASB Joshua 21:32 KJV Joshua 21:32 BibleApps.com Joshua 21:32 Biblia Paralela Joshua 21:32 Chinese Bible Joshua 21:32 French Bible Joshua 21:32 Catholic Bible OT History: Joshua 21:32 Out of the tribe of Naphtali Kedesh (Josh. Jos) |
    |